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Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 87185

Checks a bacterial sample for an enzyme that breaks down certain antibiotics, most commonly the enzyme that inactivates penicillin-type drugs. If the enzyme is found, those antibiotics will not work and a different drug is chosen. Each enzyme looked for is reported separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Test For An Antibiotic-Destroying Enzyme cost?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.55$2.82 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$4.79 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $4 to $36Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$7.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$4.07

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Pennsylvania than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Oklahoma· 15th of 51

$6.46

PA $11.22CT $3.55

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.